Performing Arts
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Chalk art festival Saturday at Des Plaines libraryAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Des Plaines Public Library will host a chalk art festival on Saturday. Dubbed the "Draw Des Plaines Chalk Fest," the event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the lib...
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Elgin Theatre Company to hold auditions for 'A Christmas Chaos' Aug. 14-15Aug 09, 2022 11:00 pm - The Elgin Theatre Company will hold auditions for its upcoming production of Michael Wehrli's "A Christmas Chaos." If you love fast-paced comedies, you'll love this sat...
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Best Bets: Fitz And The Tantrums, Andy Grammer take over Aurora's RiverEdge ParkAug 09, 2022 6:00 am - 'HandClap' band Fitz And The Tantrums and Andy Grammer share a rocking concert bill at RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, Aurora. $35 general admission. (630) 896-6666 or...
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Suburban park district dance troupes performing benefit show for Highland ParkAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Park district dance companies from across the suburbs will hold a benefit dance in Buffalo Grove on Aug. 21, to raise funds for the Highland Park Community Foundation. T...
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Slight alterations needed for 'The Devil Wears Prada' musical in ChicagoAug 08, 2022 1:00 pm - “The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ How good can a new musical be if its composer is largely AWOL while the show finds its footing before live preview audience...
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New director brings fresh perspective to Schaumburg's cultural services departmentAug 05, 2022 5:30 am - Tiana Weiler is enthusiastic about her new role leading an engaged and experienced staff to move the village of Schaumburg's cultural services department forward with ar...
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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition
Aug 04, 2022 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pan...
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Pandemic-delayed 'Devil Wears Prada' opens in Chicago, and its creatives couldn't be happierAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - It was the first table read for “The Devil Wears Prada,” the Broadway-bound musical premiering at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, and co-star Taylor Iman Jones w...
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Spotlight: 'Kitties in Space' soars into Otherworld TheatreAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - Felines in space In a future where humans are extinct and pets have enhanced intelligence, cat buddies Socks and Mittens "go where no cat has gone before" in Otherw...
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'Chicago' to welcome trans actor Angelica Ross as Roxie HartAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - "Pose" star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in "Chicago" this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Ro...